A new study suggests that neither red wine or chocolate will save your life. We're told both can be incorporated into a fuller Mediterranean diet, but to not count on them to be your magic source of health and vitality.

So I can keep the chocolate in my desk, and wine in the kitchen, right?

Just eat healthy along the way?

I don't know we were doing anything differently, other than psychologically thinking "all's good."

Now, not so much?

A new study that looks at the impact of resveratrol, an antioxidant found in grape skin and dark chocolate, shows it may not be the fountain of youth so many people hoped it would be, according to a story on CNN.

Was it not just a few years ago scientists believed drinking red wine and eating chocolate would help us live longer? Is this the same as drink this, wait don't? Eat that, don't?

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University of Barcelona tracked 783 men and women aged 65 or older, and used urine samples to measure resveratrol levels every 24 hours for nine years. Results showed resveratrol levels did not have a substantial influence on heart disease, cancer, inflammation, or longevity.

Suzanne Steinbaum, of Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, said it's important to note they talked about the Western diet.

"The Western diet in itself is not healthiest thing in the world, so that's significant," she says.

The "French Paradox" may be what started all the hype around red wine years ago.

It is a hypothesis that says that resveratrol intake, through heavy wine consumption, is the reason the French have low rates of cardiovascular disease, despite a diet rich in fatty foods.

Basically, the French drink lots of red wine, therefore they are healthy, despite all the cheese and baguettes they enjoy, too.

This new research doesn't overturn the "French Paradox" altogether, as Steinbaum says other chemical compounds in red wine and chocolate could still offer health benefits, according to the CNN article.

So, given this news, and if we're going to eat dark chocolate and drink the red wine anyway (if you do), then OK. Counter whatever health you might have thought it was providing with what you should be doing anyway: eating right and exercising. Always comes down to that, no matter.